Thursday, February 19, 2009

The latest issue of Women's Health has an article called The Hottest Jobs Right Now, listing 5 jobs that they say "could lead to a richer, more rewarding future." Here's their list, along with their estimates of pay ranges according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data:

Wellness Manager: Working with corporations who want to reduce their long-term costs by focusing on preventive care for employees. Pay: $95,000-$125,000

A sidebar article also lists these "low-stress" jobs for people who are looking for quality of life rather than a big paycheck:

Archivist

Museum Curator

Credit Analyst

Nursery and Greenhouse Manager

Set Designer

Soil and Water Conservationist

I'm not sure I can take all the salary estimates too seriously, and obviously most of these aren't jobs you can just waltz right into without some experience and training. Though I bet a lot of people will read this and say WHOOHOO, I could be a social media marketer!

Are there any readers out there who do any of these jobs? What do you think?

11 comments:

Those salaries for social media marketers are pretty outrageous. I personally think that the high number there does not represent any kind of actual business benefit or personal effectiveness, but more of just a complete lack of understanding (combined with the requisite amount of buzz) of social media on the part of business-types. Same thing happens anywhere there are under/misinformed buyers...

I also don't think "low stress" when I think "museum curator." I think "Phd, constant networking, Volunteering-for-years-until-somebody-offers-you-a-real-job, and Publish or Perish."

ANY job is a "hot job" right now. And any job related to housing is dead rigt now. Dead. "Eco"housing? Its great that Obama put in a tax credit for energy efficient window installation but it would be better if everyone weren't losing their houses and/or could afford to blow 10K plus on new windows.

Mr M - set designer. Unfortunately his primary work is making commercials. Definite downturn in that part of the market, right now he's working on a promo video for a big feature. There is still money in hollywood, just not as much. It's unsteady work, sometimes horrendous conditions and not at all low stress.

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I don't think that credit analyst is a job with that much quality of life. I would find it stressful. Whether you are analyzing corporations or people as to whether they are worthy for a loan, it's a tough position to be in and some potential conflict of interest. I knew some corporate bill collectors whose title is also credit analyst, and that kind of job is stressful for sure.

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